A detachable connecting arrangement for fitting launchable external loads (3) to an aircraft, having at least one hook-like connecting element (1), which can be fitted to the external load (3), and having at least one holding element (2), which can be fitted to the aircraft (4), for the hook-like connecting element (1); distinguished in that the hook-like connecting element (1) is provided with at least one lower supporting surface (13) and at least one upper supporting surface (11); in that the holding element (2) is provided with at least one first opposing supporting surface (23), which is designed to interact with the at least one lower supporting surface (13), and with at least one second, upper opposing supporting surface (21), which is designed to interact with the at least one upper supporting surface (11), wherein the lower supporting surface (13) and the first opposing supporting surface (23) are designed to support mass forces of the external load (3) directed away from the aircraft, and wherein the upper supporting surface (11) and the upper opposing supporting surface (21) are designed to support mass forces of the external load (3) directed towards the aircraft.